Improvement in brushes



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. EUSSEY, 0E NEw YORK, N. Y.

IMPR'ovEwlEN-r iN BRUSHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 58,943, dated January 19,1875; application filed September 21, 1874.

To all whom it moty'concem:

Beit known that I, CHARLES ALBERT HUS- SE Y, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Self- Supplying Mucilage Brush, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to an improvement in mucilage brushes for artists, travelers, and others; and it consists in a brush having a iiexible handle or tube for containing the mucilage, with a discharging-tube through the neck of the handle, and a metallic shield or cover over the brush, which screws tightly to the neck. i

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an outside View, showing the handle closed for confining the mucilage. Fig. 2 is a view of the brush having the shield removed with the handle compressed as when forcing the lnucilage into the brush. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal'section of Fig. l taken on the line w x.

Similar letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the brush proper, which is attached to the neck B'lof the hollow flexible handle C. The handle C is made of any flexible metal, (as thick foil,) which is readily closed at the end after it has been filled, or`- nearly filled, with mucilage by doublingit over with one or more folds to'niake it air-tight. The wooden follower E is simply to keep the flexible handle in shape before it has been filled with mucilage, and to prevent its being crushed out of shape. When the brush is in use the contained mucilage will preserve the shape of the handle. D is a small tapering tube in the neck B,through which the mucilage is pressed into the brush -A. Gis a shield or covering for the brush A, made of suitable thickness, to screw on the neck B air-tight. This covering or shield keeps the brush moist and ready for use at all times, and prevents all leakages, and allows the article to be carried in the pocket with perfect safety.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A reservoir-brush, comprising the metallic tube C, provided at one end with neck B,

adapted to receive the shield Gr, and closed at the opposite end by bending the material of the tube C after the manner of closing tubepoi-nts, in combination with brush A and tube D, all as and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES ALBERT HUSSEY. Witnesses:

T. B. MOSHER, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

